[mikeash]

I'm not shocked. It's a sadly common opinion. I do think you're full of shit, though.

Depression is completely different from things like sadness and anger. There is a superficial outward resemblance, but that is all. They are conflated because people who have never experienced it try to slot it into what they know, so they decide that depression is just the sadness they know, but stronger. It's not.

But no, I'm sure that saying depressed people are just sad and have control over their own feelings and that Prozac is no better than a lobotomy is going to totally help people.

[gruseom]

have control over their own feelings and that Prozac is no better than a lobotomy

dreamdu5t said neither of those things, and there's no need to be rude.

[mikeash]

No, he didn't outright say them, he just heavily implied them. Note that the "control over their own feelings" bit comes from a different thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7229432

What's rude is going around telling people that depression is made up and comparing SSRIs to lobotomies. Getting a bit snippy when faced with such an affront is only natural.